Carl Obert NUNDAHL

1897 - 1968  (71 years)

• Name	Carl Obert NUNDAHL
  Birth	12 Aug 1897	Soldiers Grove, Crawford County, Wisconsin
  Gender	Male
  Social Security Number	396-26-1219 issued in Wisconsin before 1951
  Vernon County Death Index	V35, P340
  Death	3 Dec 1968	Vernon County, Wisconsin
  	not listed in the Wisconsin death index because 1968 was excluded for some reason
  Burial	7 Dec 1968	North Kickapoo Lutheran Church Cemetery, Franklin Twp, Vernon County, Wisconsin
  Notes	At the time of the 1930 census, Carl and Mearl and family were living on a farm in Franklin Township at "Brookville & Black Bottom Road" next to the Odin Olson farm. The household consisted of Carl, 32, his wife Mearl, 25, daughter Eileen, 7, and sons Selmer, 5, Kenneth, 2, and Ivan, 0. Also living with the family was a lodger/servant named Edwin McKnight, 43. Carl was 24 when he was first married, Mearl was 17. Carl was not a veteran. Down the road past Carl's farm was Sever Nundahl's farm and Tilman Nundahl's farm. The history of the Kickapoo United Lutheran Church in Soldiers Grove records the death of a Carl Nundahl in 1968. Carl registered for the draft on August 14, 1918, in Vernon County. The draft registrar was A E Smith. He claimed to be 21 and to have been born on August 12, 1897. His home address was Route 5, Viroqua, and he was born in Soldiers Grove. He claimed employment as a farmer, employed by Sever Nundahl of Route 5, Viroqua, who was also Carl’s nearest relative. Carl was described as tall and of medium build with dark brown eyes and black hair. In the 1940 census, he was a farmer in Franklin Twp on the Viroqua to Black Bottom Road. He and his wife had been educated through the 8th grade. Eileen was no longer living at home. In the 1950 census, mis-indexed as Mundahl in Ancestry, he and his family live on a farm in the town of Franklin, Vernon County, on “14 toward Brookville.” Kenneth and Eileen are no longer at home. Merlin works as an usher in a theatre. Carl’s daughter says: My parents bought the Bowe farm and moved there when Eileen was eleven months old, which would be the year 1923. If there was someone else living there between that time and when Sever and Andrew left, I do not know who that would be. I have many, many pleasant memories of the farm and growing up. It was the place where a lot of gatherings were held. When I was growing up, Sunday was the day that everyone visited.” The 1948 Vernon County plat book shows that Carl’s 115 acres were a bit different from Claus’s original homestead. In Section 27, Carl’s farm could be described as all of the SE corner of the SW corner, nearly all of the SW corner of the SE corner, and most, but not all (he didn’t own what was on the east side of the road) of the NW corner of the SE corner. Carl’s farm adjoined, and was east of, Ernest Ekum’s farm which was also all in Section 27. Bertha (who was not alive in 1948) is shown as the owner of 40 acres in the other section immediately south of Section 27. Bertha’s 40 was the NE corner of the NW corner of that section. He auctioned off his cattle and farm equipment on March 6, 1956.
  Person ID	I509	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	6 May 2022

  
  

  Father	Sever Olsen NUNDAHL,   b. 12 Nov 1861, Årdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway d. 19 May 1954, Viroqua, Vernon County, Wisconsin (Age 92 years)
  Mother	Brithe (Bertha) BOWE,   b. 28 Sep 1868, Franklin Twp, Vernon County, Wisconsin d. 16 May 1944, La Crosse County, Wisconsin (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	19 Sep 1896	Vernon County, Wisconsin
  Family ID	F124	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mearl Margaret CROOK,   b. 7 May 1905, Brookville, Franklin Township, Vernon County, Wisconsin d. 6 Nov 1960, Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin (Age 55 years)
  Marriage	12 Oct 1921	Vernon County, Wisconsin
  	at the parsonage of the Circuit M.E. Church
  Children	1. Eileen Marie NUNDAHL,   b. 4 Sep 1922, Vernon County, Wisconsin d. 14 Jul 2005, Viroqua, Vernon County, Wisconsin (Age 82 years)   2. Selmer Francis NUNDAHL,   b. 2 Apr 1924, Vernon County, Wisconsin d. 15 Dec 1995, Vernon County, Wisconsin (Age 71 years)   3. Kenneth Obert NUNDAHL,   b. 19 Feb 1928, Vernon County, Wisconsin d. 10 Jun 2005, Janesville, Rock County, Wisconsin (Age 77 years)   4. Ivan Tollef NUNDAHL,   b. 23 Mar 1930, Vernon County, Wisconsin d. 23 Dec 1934, Vernon County, Wisconsin (Age 4 years)   5. Merlin Clarence NUNDAHL,   b. 12 Sep 1932, Vernon County, Wisconsin d. 21 Jul 2009, Janesville, Rock County, Wisconsin (Age 76 years)   6. Donald LaVerne (Vern) NUNDAHL,   b. 25 Oct 1934, Vernon County, Wisconsin d. 18 Nov 2014, Richland Center, Richland County, Wisconsin (Age 80 years)   7. Norma Lee NUNDAHL,   b. 26 Sep 1941, Vernon County, Wisconsin d. 13 Apr 2022, La Crosse County, Wisconsin (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F364	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Apr 2020

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Cora and Carl Probably from about 1912 when Carl was 15 and Cora 16.
  		Carl Nundahl, mid-teens The original is a postcard. No writing on it other than Cora's annotation "Carl Nundahl."
  		Carl Nundahl, mid-to-late-teens The original is a postcard with Cora's annotation "My Cousin Carl N."
  		Carl Nundahl, about 20 The original is a postcard addressed, but with no stamp and apparently mailed in an envelope, to Mrs. Maurice Carlson. The message is "From Cousin Carl." The handwriting is extremely good and it's written with a fountain pen. Cora also had another copy of the postcard with no writing on it other than her annotation "Cousin Carl N." Norma believes that this is a picture of Tillman and not Carl.
  		Cora and the Nundahl kids Probably from about 1914. If so, Cora is 18, Carl is 17, Clara is 16, and Tillman is 12. This is about the time that Cora went to Minneapolis for three months.
  		Odin Olson and Carl Nundahl From 1920 or 1921. Probably taken in front of Bertha and Sever's house.
  		Ole Torger school, 1905 or 1906 Cora Anderson is in the light dress, 3rd from the left after the teacher. Clara Nundahl is in a light dress five students to the right of Cora. Carl Nundahl is fifth from the right, partially hidden behind another boy. We know that this is from the 1905-1906 school year because that was the only year that Alice Anderson Johnson taught at Ole Torger.
  		Ole Torger school, about 1910 Cora, about 14, is fourth from the left in the back and Clara, about 12, is third from the left. That's Carl Nundahl, about 13, third from the right in the back. Tillman, who would have been 8 or 9, may be the boy in the middle of the picture or the boy next to Carl. The original is a postcard. No photographer indicated. The school Cora attended is referred to as “The Ole Torger School - District #8” in the Vernon County 150 Years book. A description of the history of the school, by Wesley Clayton Slack, is as follows: “The Ole Torger School started in a white wood frame one-room building with pillars on the front porch on land obtained from Ole Torger, hence the name. Many of the students spoke Norwegian so had to learn English."
  		Carl and Mearl Nundahl Taken in October of 1921 when they were married. The original is mounted in a brown folder with an oval opening. The studio is Jasperson, Viroqua, Wis. On the back Cora has written "My Cousin Carl Nundahl & Merle."
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